The Dead Can Wait by Robert Ryan (2014)
Sub-titled A Dr Watson Thriller.
The creator of the Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson characters, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, died in 1930, so under UK law the copyright to those names ran out 70 years later in 2000, hence the glut of ‘new’ Sherlock Holmes adventures since then.
Plenty of authors have tackled Holmes by filling in the gaps in the original chronology or speculating on Holme’s later life but in ‘The Dead Can Wait’ Robert Ryan (no, not the tough-guy actor) tells us of a Dr Watson adventure during World War I.
Sherlock Holmes is indisposed so it to Dr Watson that the War Office sends when eight men mysteriously die during the testing of a new secret weapon. Watson has to apply those skills he learnt from his former mentor to try to prevent further deaths, outwit spies, deal with the military brass and even get the better of Winston Churchill.
A well-researched mystery that allows John Watson M.D. to stand on his own two feet for once. This is the 2nd in a series of Dr Watson adventures and as of writing there are 5 books available.
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